Pot or pan lifter.



PATENTBD JUNE 20, 1905.

J. SJASTRAM.

POT OR PAN LIFTER.

APPLIOATION FILED now. 10, 1904.

NITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.,

PATENT OFFICE.

POT OR PAN LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,736, dated June 20,1905.

Application filed October 10, 1904:. Serial No. 227,921.

1'0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JoHAN SJASTRAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cripplecrcek, in the county of El Paso and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pot orPan Lifters; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in lifters for pots or pans.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character bythe use of which hot pans, pots, or the like may be removed from thestove or oven without danger of burning the hands.

' A further object is to provide a device of this character which willbe simple, strong and durable in construction, inexpensive, and

so formed as to afford a firm grip, thereby enabling the same to liftheavy pots or pans.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of'theinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View of the same.Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4is a similar view on the line 1 4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a stationary handle 1, onthe tapered outer end of which is formed a fixed jawplate 2. The handle1 is preferably formed of a curved hand-engaging portion 3 and an outerjaw-carrying portion 4:, said outer jawcarrying portion having a flatinner surface on which adjacent to the portion 3 is formedlaterally-projecting parallel apertured lugs 5. Midway between said lugsand the jaw-plate 2 is formed a laterally-projecting apertured guide-lug6. Between the outer ends of the lugs 5 is pivoted the reduced outer endof a movable handle 7, said handle being curved and shaped similar tothe hand-engaging portion 3 of the stationary handle 1. On the innerside of the movable handle 7, adjacent to the reduced pivoted end of thesame, is formed an inwardly-projecting forked lug 8.

Slidably mounted in the apertured guidelu g 6 and between the innerportion of the lugs 5 is a rectangularly-shaped movable jaw stem or bar9, on the outer end of which is arranged a movable jaw-plate 10. Saidplate is adapted to coact with the jaw-plate 2 to form a grippingdevice. The inner end of the stem or bar 9 is recessed on each side, asshown at 12, and with said recessed portions is adapted to be engagedthe forked lug 8 of the movable handle, whereby when said handle ismoved inward] y or outwardly with respect to thestationary handle 1 saidstem or bar will be projected or retracted toward or from the outer endof the stationary jaw, thus engaging or disengaging the movablejaw-plate 10 with or from the stationary jaw-plate 2, by which means theside or rim of a pot or pan may be grasped, thereby forming a handle bywhich said pot or pan may be lifted and moved. Between the inner ends ofthehandles 1 and 7 is arranged a coil-spring 13, whereby said movablehandle is forced away from said stationary handle, thereby causing theforked lug 8 to normally retract the stem or bar 9 and the movablejaw-plate 10 from engagement with the fixed jaw-plate 2.

A lifting device as herein shown and described will be capable ofsecuring a very tight grip upon the pot or pan, thereby enabling thesame to'lift heavy pots or pans containing heavy substances. From theforegoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

A lifter for pots and pans, comprising a handle formed at one end with afixed jawblade and provided on its under side With a guide-lug and apair of pivot-lugs, a handle pivoted between said pair of pivot-lugs andhaving lugs on its inner side, a spring between 5 the fixed jaw andpivoted handle and normally moving the latter outwardly, andalongitudinally-movable bar mounted for longitudinal movement in theguide-lug, having its inner end notched on opposite sides, said notched1 portion of the bar being between and slidably connected to the lugs ofthe pivoted handle and having a jaw at its outer end to coact With thejaw of the fixed handle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I5 my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Witnesses.

J OHAN SJ ASTRAM.

Witnesses:

GUST MILLER, WILLIAM JOHNSON.

